Take a look at William Faulkner’s resignation from his postmaster job, which appears at Letters of Note:
As long as I live under the capitalistic system, I expect to have my life influenced by the demands of moneyed people. But I will be damned if I propose to be at the beck and call of every itinerant scoundrel who has two cents to invest in a postage stamp.
Oh, Faulkner, you beautiful, arrogant, senseless, idealistic genius.